Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , I 've had a word with Jeremy about decorating , oh Florrie I must apologise I did try to ring you , I think I managed to get everybody else , erm but you were n't there , in and then I , I left it I regret to say , erm but we thought perhaps we ought to have the kitchen re-decorated and I 've had a word with Jereminy , Jereminy , Jeremy and he says about two hundred pounds and I did get permission from some of you and I 've gone ahead and asked him to do it and he said about three weeks , but before we can have that done , in the meantime , the roof leaked again out in the kitchen Erm , so I 've had a word with Peter who was going on holiday and he should be home this week and he said he will look at it as soon as he 's home , so I 'll give him a ring , I 'll try tomorrow night , I 'm out tonight , I 'll try and give him a ring tomorrow . |
| 2 | The feeling swept over me that I had truly left Darlington Hall behind , and I must confess I did feel a slight sense of alarm — a sense aggravated by the feeling that I was perhaps not on the correct road at all , but speeding off in totally the wrong direction into a wilderness . |
| 3 | ‘ I must admit it does sound as if your father is enjoying a new lease of life and possibly he is even trying to recapture his youth . |
| 4 | I thought the half bottle of wine we left was symbolic of the extravagant life I was now entering , though I must admit it did go against the grain and I did think vaguely of ‘ bowser bottles ’ . |
| 5 | I mean out of the three that he saw and prefer , I must admit he did prefer forty four . |
| 6 | Another said , ‘ I have been thoroughly happy with this diet , though I must admit I do enjoy bread , fruit and salads in the normal way of things . |
| 7 | I must admit I did recognize a few outfits that me and Nicola used to wear . |
| 8 | I must admit I did like being pregnant . |
| 9 | you know , and so I avoided her , but I would tell her , but if I saw her I would say Jenny I must admit I did see you going in The General but I did n't come out because I was so upset , but I , I wonder what she 's doing , cos she , I heard she 's got her own business , but I ca n't see that . |
| 10 | I must admit I did wonder , but — ’ A hand moved , knocking the thought away . |
| 11 | Yeah I mean that 's the same as I di I must admit I did have sort of an argument with him once over his music . |
| 12 | The point I I simply wanted to make which is why I I sat through the debate , erm is the honourable member for Edinburgh Central er in his er speech er which I I must say I did expect , called for stronger regulations , er we had the argument the other week about whether there should be statutory regulations or whether we should make er the er self regulation system that we have with financial services industries work . |
| 13 | I must say I do miss that thing . |
| 14 | erm On social security and health together it 's about ten percentage points higher in West Germany erm and about six percentage points higher in France than in the U K And I must say I do wonder why in West Germany erm you 've got half as many again doctors per hundred thousand of the population of the U K and only about two-thirds as many nurses , which does suggest , you know , differences in national approaches to things like health care . |
| 15 | ‘ I must say she does believe in challenging herself ! ’ |
| 16 | Seeing as we 've had those words for about a week I should think we do know them then . |
| 17 | They will call us citizens but we will be something less , perhaps I should say they do call us citizens but we are something less . ’ |
| 18 | You have a set of notes here now I 'm not gon na start at page one and work right through to page whatever it is erm they are there for you to take away for you to make notes during these two days er and for you to take away so that they 're they 're for revision and er there are as Bob 's just discovering pages where a I 'll ask you to make make specific notes er that I 'll supply to you as we go along . |
| 19 | I 'll let you have go at |
| 20 | Wish I could say I did do something organised and worthwhile on a regular basis . ’ |
| 21 | Erm but I would say it does indicate the er seriousness of it . |
| 22 | ‘ Yes , I can see you do need to speak to me . ’ |
| 23 | WHAT YOU MAY HAVE I DO NEED |
| 24 | I hope you will join us to help maintain the important link between British Forces and their families . |
| 25 | Whatever information you can send me to help steer me on to a path to a more rewarding career would be most appreciated . |
| 26 | ‘ If I say we know your brother has been with you , then you can believe we do know . |
| 27 | At this point , we must admit you do have to press a few buttons to get Delta service . |
| 28 | They must realize she does work |
| 29 | I think a bit more contrast added to it would help it does lack a little bit of contrast . |